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VINCENT GORDIER, 0F PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN GATLIFF AND CLEMENTDIETRICH.

Letters Patent No. 82,604, dated September 29, 1868.

IMPROVED PAINT-01L.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 1

Be it known that LVINCENT GORDIER, manufacturer, of 13 Rue Gaillon,Paris; Empire of France, have invented certain Improvements in theTreatment of Oils Obtained from the Distillation'of Tar, and in theapplication of the same to the purposes for which ordinary drying-oilsare applicable; and I do hereby declare that the following specificationis a'description ,ofmy invention, suificient to enable those skilledin'the art to practise it. v I I The said invention-relates to apeculiar mode of treating oils obtained from the distillation of tar,such as heavy mineral oils, with aview to the rendering of the samesiccative, and applicable, when so prepared, as substitutes for the moreeostlylinseed and other drying-oils at, present employed in themanufacture of water-proof fabrics, and for painting, varnishing, andother purposes where drying-oils are required.

In carrying out this invention, it is proposed torender siccative thoseoils which are obtained from the distillation of tar, (which, forbrevity, I shall hereinafter designate as tar-o'ils,") not by directtreatment of the oil itself, but by an indirect mode of treatment; thatis to say, by admixture therewith, in suitable proportions, of adrying-oil which has been rendered siccative in excess, by treating itwith any suitable or weld-known ingredient for the purpose. A perfectdrying-oil is thus obtained, which may be used in all cases where themore costly. boiled'linseed and other vegetable drying-oils havehitherto been employed. The linseed or other suitable vegetable oil,(such as rape and hemp-seed-oils, poppy-oil, and others,) is firstprepared by rendering it siccative, in any well-known or suitablemanuer, until it attains a pasty cohsistency. I r

The admixture of the pasty drying-oil with the tar-oil should beefi'ected whilst at an elevated temperature, (although it may beaccomplished in a cold state,) in the proportion of not less thanone-fifth of the linseed or other prepared drying-oil to four-fifths ofthe tar-oil, if'intended to be employed in painting; otherwisefltheproduct would be of too inferior a quality; but the proportion ofprepared linseed-oil in the mixture may be increased, if desired.

The linseed or other vegetable oil may be brought to a. semi-fluidstate, in lieu of to a pastycondition, but, in his case, a greaterproportion of siecative oil will require to be mixed with the tar-oil torender it suiticiently siccative.

In preparing siccative tar-oils to be employed in the manufacture ofoil-cloth, it is preferred to render the linseed-oil siccative, bytreating it with lithargeand umber, and to effect the admixture of thisoil with the taroil in a pasty condition, and in the proportion ofone-half of linseed-oil.

Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of thesaidinvention, and the manner in which thc same is or may be used or carriedinto effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that what I consider to benovel and original, and therefore claim as the invention, is-

The paint-oil herein described, composed in part of mineral oil and inpart of vegetable oil, and having the proper quantity of drying-materialincorporated, by mixing the litharge or other drier in excess with thelinseed or equivalent vegetable oil, and afterwards adding the petroleumor equivalent tar-oil, as herein specified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

V. CORDIER.

Witnesses:

F; OLcorT, A; H. BRANDON.

